Combined mangle and table



J. KASHINSKY.

CDMBINED MANGLE AND TABLE.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. I0, 19m.

1 364, 6. Patented Jan. 4, 1921.

2 SHEETS-SHEET I.

Inventor .l. KASHINSKY.

COMBINED MANGLE AND TABLE.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT- I0, m9.-

1,364, 1 1 Patented Jan. 4, 1921.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

* JOHN KA SHINSKY, HOBOKEN, NEW JERSEY, 'ASSIGNOR TO NEW JERSEY CAN COMPANY, OF WEEHAWKEN. NEW JERSEY, A CORPORATION OF NEW JERSEY.

COMBINED MANGLE AND TABLE.

Specification of Letterslatent.

Patented Jan. 4, 1921.

Application filed September 10, 1919. Serial No. 822,910.

' To all whom it may concern.

, Be it known that I, JOHN KAsHINsKY, a citizen 'of the United States, residing at Hoboken, in the county of I Hudson and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Combined Mangles and Tables, of which the following is a specification.

This invention seeks to provide an article of furniture which may be used in the ordinary manner as a kitchen or dining table and which by a slight adjustment of parts may be operated for man ling clothes; The invention also has for 1ts object the provision of mechanism by which the labor of ironing will be minimized and the man,- gling rolls and the with will be out 0 the way when notin use but may be instantly exposed and made accessible when clothes are to be ironed.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings and will be hereinafter fully described, the novel features being subsequently pointed out in the appended claims.

\ In the drawings Figure 1 is a perspective view of my combined table and mangle showing the same arranged for use as a table;

Fig. 2 is a similar view showing the de Vice arranged for use as a man le';

Fig. 3 is a central vertical Iongitudinal section on the line 3--3 of Fig. 2;

Fig. 4 is a bottom plan view;

Fig. 5 is a detail View of the mangling rollers and the bearing plate for the same;

Fig. 6' is a detail view of apart of the.

operating mechanism.

In carrying out my invention, I employ a table frame consisting of end rails 1 and side rails 2 secured to and su ported by legs 3 in the usual or any pre erred man- An inner top 4 is secured permanently upon the upper edges of the rails and is constructedwith an opening 5 through which the clothes may pass to the mangling rollers as will be presently set forth. To one longitudinal edge of the inner top 4, I secure hinges 6 which carry a second table top or leaf 7 and upon that side rail 2 which is adjacent the said hinges 6 are fitted removable brackets 8 to support the leaf or table top 7 when the same is swung out as shown in Fig. 2. The leaf 7 should be of such dimensions as to cover the entire top parts cooperating there-' 4. and the opening 5 in said top when the mangle. is not in use so that, as shown in Fig. 1, the device may then be used as an ordinary table. It will be understood, of course, that when the device is used as an ordinary table, the brackets 8 are removed. In Fig.

1, however, I have shown one bracket in position and the other free as though preparing for use of the mangle.

In the inner opposed faces of the side ralls 2 and immediately adjacent the side walls of the openin 5, I provide longitudinal grooves 9 w ich may slidably rethe mangle rollers, as clearly shown in Figs.

2 and 3. Below the said plate 11, a cross bar 12 is secured to and between the'side I rails 2 and a reinforcing bracket 13 is secured to the said cross bar 12 at the center thereof. An adjusting screw or bolt 14 is mounted in the cross bar 12 and the inner end of thisscrew or bolt has a swiveled connection with a pressure spring,15 which is disposed transversely of the table .and has its ends bearing upon a yoke 16', the end members ofwhich yoke present bearings for the free mangle roller 17. The trunnions of the mangle roller 17 are engaged in longitudinal slots 18 in bearin plates. 19 which are secured to the inner side rails 2 as will be readily understood.

It will, of course, be understood that the spring 15 bearing upon the yoke 16 yield.- ably holds the mangle roller 17 toward the driving mangle roller 20 and by rotating the screw or bolt 14, said screw or bolt will be cause bar 12 and the bracket 13 and thereby regulate the tension of'the spring 15. Any declothes or linen through the roller. 17in the operation of the device. The roller 20 has secured -to its circumfercntialsurface aces of the I to inove endwise through the cross sired pressure may thus be put upon the engaged by a clothes will be rendered smooth, and by reversing the direction of rotation of the roller the end of the apron may be grasped and unwound so that the smoothed linen or clothing will be fed back to and folded upon the plate 11. The driving roller. 20 has its trunnions fitted in the circular bearings 22 in the bearing plates or brackets 19 and at oneend of the roller 20 a worm gear 23 is rigidly secured thereto. The worm gear 23 meshes with a Vertically disposed worm 24 which is permanently mounted in fixed bearings 25 upon the inner side of one of the rails 2 and is equipped at its upper end with an angular terminal 26 adapted to be correspondingly shaped socket 27 in a handle 28.

It is thought the operation and advantages of my improved device will be readily understood from the foregoing description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings. When the device is to be used as v a table, the leaf 7 is swung over upon the top of the table frame, the leaf 10 being pushed inwardly to the limit of its movement and the handle 28 being removed. The device will thus be arranged as shown in Fig. 1 so that a smooth continuous surface will be provided for supporting dishes or The brackets 8. will, of.

other articles. course, be removed so that they will not obstruct the passage of persons near the table nor catch into and injure the clothing worn by any such persons; When the device is to be used as a mangle, the leaf 7 is swung outwardly to the position shown in Fig. 2 and will be supported by the brackets 8 previously fitted in place as will be readily understood. The leaf 10 is then withdrawn, as shown in Fig. 2, and the articles to be ironed are piled upon said leaf. The handle 28 is fitted in position and the apron 21 is extended over the plate 11. The edge of a sheet or other article is then inserted in the bight between the mangle roller 20 and the apron and the handle 28 rotated so that motion will be imparted to the worm 24 and the worm gear 23, the result being that the roller 24 is positively rotated and the frictional engagement of said roller and the clothing with the roller 17 will cause the latter to rotate. The apron 21 will be drawn into the bight between the two rollers and will wrap around the roller 20 as the operation proceeds and the wrapping of the apron upon the roller will cause the article being ironedto likewise wind around the roller,

the article and'the apron forming alternate spiral layers. When the article has been full wound on the roller, the apron will hol it to the roller so that it may be pressed several times if so desired before being withdrawn but 'if the proper pressure be exerted through the adjustment of the spring 15 it will not be necessary to continue the forward rotation after the article has been fully wound upon the roller. Inasmuch as the pressure upon the article will be continued during the reverse rotation of the roller, the article will be ironed twice in any event and all roughnesses or wrinkles should be effectually removed.

The roller 17 will move from the roller 20 as the ironing progresses and thereby accommodate the increased diameter of the wrapped roller but'this sliding movement of the roller 17 will increase the pressure exerted by .the spring 15 so that the clothing will be effectually held to the driving roller and quickly brought into the desired is claimed as new is:

1. The article of furniture herein described and shown comprising a table frame, a pair of mangle rollers mounted within the frame, an inclined supporting plate secured within the frame and extending. from one end thereof to the rollers, a leaf slidably mounted in the frame above the inclined supporting plate and adapted to extend over and cover said plate and the rollers or project from the*end of the frame to support work, a top fixed upon the frame and extending from the rollers to the end of the frame remote from the inclined supporting plate, means for operating the rollers, said means terminating at said top, and a leaf hinged to the frame to project laterally therefrom and support work or extend-over and entirely cover the slidable leaf and fixed to 2. The article of furniture herein described and shown comprising a frame, a pair of mangle rollers mounted within the frame in bearings disposed permanently below the top of the frame, a supporting plate secured within the frame and inclined from one end thereof to the rollers, an apron secured to one roller to wind thereon or ex- 

